UCSD’S SECOND ANNUAL POWWOW THIS WEEKEND

UC San Diego’s second annual powwow, celebrating Native American culture, will take place over the weekend at Muir Field on campus.

The event is open to the public and free.

Traditional American-Indian food will be available, and there will be colorful headdresses and regalia, bird singing, gourd dancing, a Miss UC San Diego Powwow Princess Pageant and a veterans recognition ceremony.

“The Powwow last year was such a positive experience,” Shunya Wade, an officer with the Native American Student Association (NASA), said in a prepared statement. “We were we able to identify a lot of native students who weren’t involved in NASA, but joined the organization. We’ve really grown and developed since then.”

The powwow will run from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday and from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday.

USD graduation ceremonies next weekend

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More than 1,800 University of San Diego students will receive degrees in three ceremonies over the Memorial Day weekend.

The first ceremony is for 487 graduate students who will receive master’s or doctoral degrees. It is set for 1 p.m. May 26 in the Jenny Craig Pavilion on campus, where all the weekend’s commencements will be.

At 9 a.m. May 27, 723 students will be awarded bachelor’s degrees from the College of Arts and Sciences. At 2 p.m. that day, 638 graduates from the School of Business Administration and Engineering Programs will receive bachelor’s degrees.